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Lanzarote Guidebook – the Autumn edition

November 4, 2008 By Graham 1 Comment

I’m a little late blogging about this, but it’s not too late to download the Autumn edition of the Lanzarote Guidebook.

The free PDF download is ideal for anyone planning a visit to the island, as it covers almost everything you could possible want to know about the resorts, places to visit, the beaches, the museums, and of course essential information such as telephone numbers, opening hours, etc.

It also makes for interesting reading, even if you can’t make it to Lanzarote this year. In this case, you could enter the competition to win a weeks accommodation at Sands Beach.

But hurry! The closing date for entries is Friday, 13th December, 2008 and you’ll need to download the PDF to find the link to take part. That Friday the 13th will be lucky for someone!

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Plane skids off runway in Arrecife

October 31, 2008 By Graham Leave a Comment

BBC News is reporting today that a Thomas Cook flight from Glasgow skidded off the end of the runway after landing in Arrecife this morning.

They have a short film showing the plane next to the perimeter fence with fire engines in attendance. Passengers appear to have left the aircraft using steps and there are no chutes visible.

Click here for more details.

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Stasi

October 29, 2008 By Graham 2 Comments

Stasi is the abbreviation for Staatssicherheitsdienst. In the GDR this referred to the Ministerium für Staatssicherheit.

The Stasi monitored the people of the GDR, especially those with contact to people in West Germany. Letters were opened, read, and re-sealed. Telephone calls were recorded.

Many people co-operated unofficially with the Stasi, the so-called “IMs” (inoffizielle Mitarbeiter) and reported information about their friends and neighbours. The Stasi then archived this information, creating a large source of information about the people that they were monitoring.

Much of this information was destroyed before German re-unification, although there are projects that reconstruct these documents leading to new revelations about who informed on whom.

To hear a simple explanation and a short discussion in German, listen to the podcast: